Key Investor Pitch Assetsby The Startups TeamIn this section of our Funding Series, we'll look at 6 assets a successful business will use to raise funds and then go a bit deeper into some pitch deck examples and some key points that will help you raise money from prospective investors.Continue
How to Ask for Fundingby The Startups TeamThere are lots of really bad ways to ask for capital for your business and a few good ones. In this section of our Funding series, we are going to focus on the good ways to ask for capital that will spark interest from investors!Continue
Customer Segmentation: A Step by Step Guide for Growthby The Startups TeamIn this section of our Funding Series, we will show you how to use customer segmentation to improve customer service, customer experience, customer relationships, customer retention, and customer feedback.Continue
The Financials Slide — Pitch Deck Perfectionby The Startups TeamMost pitch deck financial projections wind up being incredibly hard for potential investors to understand. In this section of our Pitch Deck Series, we're going to provide you with a killer financial projections slide template that's easy to use and will impress investors.Continue
Operating Modelby The Startups TeamA good Operating Model focuses on showing that you’ve thought carefully about how your processes will handle critical costs and streamline operations across business units. In this section of our Funding Series, we cover everything you need in your Operating Model.Continue
Revenue Modelby The Startups TeamYour revenue model can be broken down into two areas — how you will make money and how that plan will scale. In this section of our Funding Series, we'll dig into how you’re going to talk about the mechanism of how your revenue model works.Continue
Startup Market Sizeby The Startups TeamThe Market Size explains just how much potential for growth your startup has. Investors want to know you're solving a painful problem in a giant market. In this section of our Funding Series, we are going to unpack how to go about estimating and presenting market size.Continue
What's a Startup Pitch?by The Startups TeamIn this section of our Funding Series, we’re going to walk through each element one at a time, to give you the best way to truly understand the full anatomy of a business plan, and by way of that, every other type of investor document you will need to create successful pitch decks.Continue
13 Best Books on Entrepreneurshipby Sarah HumphreysWhy go at it alone, when you can learn straight from the source? Business books that have already helped millions of entrepreneurs can guide you along the way to obtaining a sustainable business. Here are the 13 best business books that will help "lead" you on your path. Continue
The Funding Slide — Pitch Deck Perfectionby The Startups TeamThe Funding Slide is the final slide of a pitch deck, where Founders transition from pitching investors to making the big ask. In this section of our Pitch Deck Series, we will cover three critical factors to include on this slide and share the "perfect" funding formula that is key to a stunning pitch deck.Continue